Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London

Mary A. Adamson describes the segregation of men and women on the UCL campus in the 1880s. This extract comes from a written testimony Adamson submitted in response to a request during UCL’s centenary commemorations. Mary A. Adamson, ‘University College and Women Science Students, 1884-1886’, 1926, College Archive, UCL Special Collections. Voiced by Morgan Cambs. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 

Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01;33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:None
Guests: Mary Adamson
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker.

What is Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London?

Generation UCL is a research and engagement project that is collecting the stories of UCL alumni over 200 years. To give an insight into the breadth and diversity of the student experience, this series includes short extracts from these oral history interviews alongside excerpts from written memoirs that have been voiced by actors.